穆斯林

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (穆斯林)		穆	斯	林
alternative forms		慕斯林

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mùsīlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄙ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мусылин (musɨlin, III-0-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ si¹ lam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-su-lîm / bo̍k-sir-lîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùsīlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄙ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùsihlín
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-ssŭ¹-lin²
    • Yale: mù-sz̄-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhsylin
    • Palladius: мусылинь (musylinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мусылин (musɨlin, III-0-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou⁴⁴ sz̩⁰ liŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ si¹ lam⁴
    • Yale: muhk sī làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ si¹ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ xi¹ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² siː⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-su-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-su-lîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogsuliim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ su⁴⁴⁻²² lim¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² su⁴⁴⁻²² lim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-sir-lîm
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-sir-lîm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² sɯ³³ lim²⁴/

Noun

穆斯林

1. Muslim (believer of Islam)

   穆斯林世界  ―  mùsīlín shìjiè  ―  Muslim world

   你知道中國有多少穆斯林嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   你知道中国有多少穆斯林吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zhīdao Zhōngguó yǒu duōshao mùsīlín ma? [Pinyin]

   Do you know how many Muslims are there in China?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 穆斯林 (“Muslim”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		穆斯林, 伊斯蘭教徒, 回教徒, 清真教徒 dated
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	穆斯林, 回教徒, 伊斯蘭教徒
	Malaysia	穆斯林
	Singapore	回教徒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	穆斯林
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	穆斯林
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	穆斯林, 穆民
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	穆斯林, 穆民
Cantonese	Hong Kong	穆斯林, 回教徒, 伊斯蘭教徒
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	回教徒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	回教徒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	回教徒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	回教徒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	回教徒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	回教徒
Southern Min	Xiamen	穆斯林
	Quanzhou	穆斯林
	Zhangzhou	穆斯林
	Taipei	回教徒 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	豬哥 derogatory
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

See also

• 伊斯蘭／伊斯兰 (yīsīlán)
• 清真 (qīngzhēn)